How effective is a computer tool for predicting patients' risk of emergency admission to hospital?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: All patients from participating GP practices; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN55538212
• Lead Sponsor: Swansea University (UK)

Brief Summary

2013 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330749 2016 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26739311 2016 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26932140 2018 main results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397078 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29356470

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-05-30
• Study Completion: 2016-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 5 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2470

Inclusion Criteria

Patients: All patients from participating general practices between the ages of 18 and 100 years.
Professionals: Prism users (GPs, practice managers) from participating practices, NHS policy makers, NHS commissioners.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients:
1. Patients from participating practices less than 18 or more than 100 years of age.
2. Patients screened out by GPs as not to received questionnaires (e.g.patients that lack capacity, those who do not have support to help them complete the questionnaire and patients who may be caused distress by completing the questionnaire).

Professionals: Outside study area.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified